Putin Makes Historic Visit to Israel
Putin Makes Historic Visit to Israel - Yahoo! News
JERUSALEM - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a historic first visit to Israel by a Kremlin leader Wednesday, hours after calling for a Mideast peace conference in Moscow this fall.
Putin arrived from Cairo, Egypt, where he proposed a Middle East peace conference in Moscow in the fall. The topics of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders are expected to include proposed Russian missile sales to Syria and an expanded role for Russia in Mideast diplomacy.
Putin was greeted at Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv by Israeli Vice Premier Ehud Olmert. Putin did not make a statement to the press.
In Cairo, Putin, whose government is a sponsor of the "road map" plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, said he would discuss the conference proposal with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during his three-day visit to Israel.
"I am suggesting that we should convene a conference for all these countries concerned (with the peace process) and the Quartet next autumn," Putin said during a joint news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
JERUSALEM - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a historic first visit to Israel by a Kremlin leader Wednesday, hours after calling for a Mideast peace conference in Moscow this fall.
Putin arrived from Cairo, Egypt, where he proposed a Middle East peace conference in Moscow in the fall. The topics of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders are expected to include proposed Russian missile sales to Syria and an expanded role for Russia in Mideast diplomacy.
Putin was greeted at Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv by Israeli Vice Premier Ehud Olmert. Putin did not make a statement to the press.
In Cairo, Putin, whose government is a sponsor of the "road map" plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, said he would discuss the conference proposal with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during his three-day visit to Israel.
"I am suggesting that we should convene a conference for all these countries concerned (with the peace process) and the Quartet next autumn," Putin said during a joint news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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